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A list of questions and verified solutions related to OSHA and workplace safety. It covers topics such as highly toxic substances, hazards analysis methods, safety interventions, and emergency plans. The questions are designed to help prepare for the CHST exam and provide a comprehensive understanding of OSHA regulations and safety practices in the workplace.
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CON: Those who oppose delegation of shut-down authority by independent safety technicians and engineers argue that relationships this authority can be abused and leads to poor working relationships between management and workers. This side argues that management is just as concerned with worker safety as the independent safety officials. Explain OSHA's definition of a "highly toxic" substance. Provide two examples of potential injury stemming from toxic substances. - correct answer ✅According to OSHA, a "highly toxic" substance is one which may be fatal or cause damage to internal organs as a result of a single exposure or an exposure of relatively short duration. Organ damage effects fall into categories depends upon the area affected. Two common areas of organ damage by highly toxic substances are: Nephrotoxins: Kidney damage results from exposure to highly toxic substances because the liver is an organ which filters the blood. Chemical toxins in the bloodstream have damaging effects on the kidney due to the large amount of blood flow flow through that organ. Hepatotoxic: Liver damage may include jaundice and enlargement of the liver itself. Cirrhosis of the liver is like vinyl chloride are carried to the liver
through the blood as well. Cancer of the liver is yet another manifestation of toxic exposure. Describe the impact of toxins upon skin and eyes. Provide examples. - correct answer ✅Reaction to substances like poison Ivy oil is not the same as damage from toxins. Poison Ivy and similar substances which cause similar reactions are known to OSHA as "sensitized". Damage to the skin (Cutaneous damage) by toxins is different. While eyes may be affected adversely by "sensitized", true toxins cause permanent damage. From a safety stand point which of the following is a lagging indicator? - correct answer ✅OSHA incidence rate A safety program begins by: - correct answer ✅Developing a policy statement. How should a manager discipline a first offense minor rule infraction. - correct answer ✅Oral reprimand.
What is the most important factor in accident prevention. - correct answer ✅Management support. Which federal agency is likely user an activity hazard analysis on a construction project? - correct answer ✅U.S. Army corps of Engineers It is generally accepted that that the most effective safety program places responsibility for enforcing safety policies and procedures on the: - correct answer ✅Supervisors An air-purifying, half-face-icee respirator is expected to have a protection factor of: - correct answer ✅ 10 The local OSHA office just announced a Special Emphasis Program for employers with DART rate for 2008 of 6 or higher. You boss wants to know your firm's DART rate. In 2008 your injury-illness statistics were: - correct answer ✅# of days x 200,000/hours worked. Breathing air must meet at least the requirements of the specifications for: - correct answer ✅Grade D breathing air
Carpal tunnel syndrome involves an injury to the median nerve. The nerve is compressed carpal tunnel. Carpal tunnel WILL NOT result in which of the following: - correct answer ✅Numbness in the little finger Which of the following statements is INCORRECT concerning protective suits worn by asbestos abatement workers? - correct answer ✅Can be taken home in specially marked bags One of the shortcomings of the taste test for qualitatively fitting a respirator is that there is: - correct answer ✅Wide variation in the ability to taste saccharin The OSHA required Respirator Medical Evaluation Questionnaire is supposed to be reviewed by: - correct answer ✅Doctor, nurse or Licensed health Care Provider. The primary purpose of local exhaust ventilation is to: - correct answer ✅Remove contaminants at their source
With respect to safety and loss prevention, what should be the last method of controlling hazards? - correct answer ✅Using Personal Protective Equipment The primary concern of the OSHRC is: - correct answer ✅Channel for Appealing of OSHA citations The DOT has compiled a reference book for hazardous material incidents. This book is entitled: - correct answer ✅North American Emergency Response Guidebook for Hazardous Materials Incidents Which of the following IS NOT REQUIRED by OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard? - correct answer ✅Annual Training Which of the following individuals normally issues an OSHA citation? - correct answer ✅OSHA Area Director A company that receives an OSHA citation and pays the fine must accomplish the following: - correct answer ✅Correct the violation
Under the OSHA Bloodborne Pathogen Standard, employers required to develop an exposure control plan and must do all of the following except: - correct answer ✅Require exposed personnel to get the hepatitis B vaccination. A person capable of identifying existing and predictable hazards and having the authority to take prompt protective action would be considered by OSHA to be: - correct answer ✅A competent person A person who possesses a recognized degree, certificate, or professional standing would be considered by OSHA to be: - correct answer ✅A qualified person. Which of the following Hazard Analysis Methods uses a deductive or backward thinking logic: - correct answer ✅Fault Tree Section 5(a)(1) of the OSHA Act: - correct answer ✅Is the General Duty Clause
How many days does an employer have to contest an OSHA citation: - correct answer ✅15 working days from receipt of citation. What recourse do employers cited and fined by OSHA have? - correct answer ✅Appeal to OSHA and the Review Commission. Copies of all OSHA citations for violations of standards must be posted at or near the location of the alleged violations for______days, or until the violations are corrected, whichever is longer. - correct answer ✅ 3 OSHA's Focused Inspection Program will "Focus" the compliance officer's attention on which of Four leading causes of construction fatalities? - correct answer ✅Struck by, caught -in-between, electrocutions and falls from elevations. Calculate the total OSHA recordable incidence rate for a company if the recordable accidents are 40 and the total man hours are 1,500,500: - correct answer ✅Amount of hours (40) time 200,000 divided by (1,500,000) hours on job = TRIR
"Electrical bonding" is best described as? - correct answer ✅Connecting two or more conductive objects with a conductor to protect against electrocution. Whose ultimate responsibility is it to ensure that only well-maintained and operable hand and power tools a re utilized on a job site? - correct answer ✅The Employer Which of the following is NOT an OSHA-mandated standard for good housekeeping? - correct answer ✅Daily clear scrap lumber and associated debris from passageways and stairwells. Under current laws for workers' compensation, which of the following is NOT categorized as a potential injury category? - correct answer ✅Bilateral When the body's temperature regulation system fails and sweating becomes inadequate, which of the following heat-related conditions is likely at hand? - correct answer ✅Heat Stroke
Which of the following generally NOT regarded by OSHA as a "control method" for preventing work-related injuries? - correct answer ✅Adherence to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FSLA) The ISO 14001 environmental management system is built upon which of the following models? - correct answer ✅Plan, do check, act Which of the following is NOT a typical characteristic of a "confined Space"?
Combustible liquids that are NOT stored within the confines of a "designated" outside storage area must be: - correct answer ✅Completely surrounded by a curb structure or enclosure that is equal to or greater than six inches in total height. Per OSHA's 29 CFR 1904.6 (Record keeping Standard), for how long must a document such as the OSHA 300 Log be retained? - correct answer ✅Five years following the end of the calendar year that the record covers. The OSHAS 18000 series of occupational health and safety management system standards have the overreaching goal of: - correct answer ✅Proactively identifying and responsible;inking to fish before and accident occurs. A cut-off wheel that has a diameter in the range of 6-12 inches can cut a material with a maximum thickness of: - correct answer ✅1/4 inch Per OSHA 29 CFR 1910.1025, the action level for lead (Pb) exposure is 30 micrograms per cubic meter of air, averaged over an eight-hour period. What is the permissible exposure limit? - correct answer ✅50 Micrograms per cubic meter of air, averaged over eight hours.
Training construction employees on the OSHA hazard Communication Standard is required: - correct answer ✅When a new hazardous material is introduced into the workplace. A "tag out" process must be employed when an energy-isolation device is not able to be locked out. Which of the following is a typical requisite when implementing the "ragout" process? - correct answer ✅Tags must be normalized to a consistent size and shape. Standards for safety glasses are set by which of the following? - correct answer ✅The American National Standards Institute Under which of the following incident casual factors would "inadequate/substandard work procedures" apply? - correct answer ✅Substandard management or oversight practices The construction health and safety technician can best identify the potential workplace hazards via: - correct answer ✅Performing a rigorous worksite analysis
What type of OSHA violation can result in a fine of up to 250,000 if an employee death occurs? - correct answer ✅Willful Violation When performing safety calculations, especially in regard to potential falls, which of the following correctly depicts the acceleration of gravity constant?
Per OSHA 29 CFR 1910.23, a "floor-hole" is dimensionally defined as : - correct answer ✅Between 1 inch and 12 inches Per ANSI Standards (ANSI/ASSE A1264.2 - Slip resistance on walking/working surfaces), a coefficient of friction close to "0" is regarded as: - correct answer ✅Extremely slippery ASTM D 120-09 requires that rubber-insulating gloves for use in live electrical work exceeding ____ must be____. - correct answer ✅ 50 volts/Type 1 Which of the following is NOT typically considered a potential hazard for vehicles such as bulldozers, backhoes, and forklifts? - correct answer ✅Carbon monoxide overexposure Which of the following is NOT an example of " point-of-operation" guarding?
At a construction worksite, which of the is NOT a system or device that is typically employed for limiting falls? - correct answer ✅Pitons and safety cables Which fo the following products is often utilized in the workplace for reducing hazards associated with standing for long periods of time? - correct answer ✅Anti Fatigue Mats Per OSH protocol, the use of fall-protection equipment must be used when a construction worker is at least ___ feet above the ground? - correct answer ✅6 Feet. Which of the following is NOT generally considered a control for storing materials safely? - correct answer ✅Storing pipes and bars in racks that face main aisles. During a rigging inspection, if the threat opening of a hook has increased in excess of ___ Percent of the original throat opening, it should be replaced. - correct answer ✅ 15
An emergency plan should always include procedures for sheltering in place, which need(s) to acknowledge which of the following? - correct answer ✅How to evacuate an area or structure when a shelter in place is executed. What is the definition of an "on-scene coordinator"? - correct answer ✅A person who is in charge of coordinating various agencies and departments to ensure that all needs responded to during and after an event. Which of the following depicts an accurate statement regarding the natures of "inspection audits". - correct answer ✅The general objective of an inspection is to ensure that a specific task list has been completed at a predefined frequency. Which of the following is typically NOT a tool used by accident investigators at a worksite? - correct answer ✅Soil sampling equipment. One of the most important facets for re-planning and re-assessing project costs is that if more than ___ has passed, inflationary and contingency factors should be accounted for. - correct answer ✅Six Months.
Which of the following is regarded as a structured "brainstorming" technique to identify hazards of a systemic nature that can potentially lead to an incident or nonconforming product? - correct answer ✅A hazard and operability analysis What is conventionally considered the first step in conducting a job safety analysis? - correct answer ✅Spending time observing workers performing the function or task, and developing a list of involved actions. OSHA's Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) is a program that requires a company to: - correct answer ✅Systematically improve its health and safety management system in a partnership between the employer and the workforce. Which of the following is NOT a common initiator for gas leaks? - correct answer ✅Filter cartridge mishandling. Structural failures are often attributed to changes in materials over a period of time. Such changes can affect a material's strength and ductility, thus eventually leading to a failure. Which of the following potential influences is
typically NOT an initiator of such destructive changes? - correct answer ✅Stress Which of the following is a hazard associated with the handling of high- pressure fluids? - correct answer ✅Injection trauma Installed ramps must have a slope of less than___ degrees for the general public and less than ___ degrees for handicapped access. - correct answer ✅15, Freeze plugs are used with water and water-based liquids to control hydraulic pressure. They operate under the principal of the subjected liquid expanding as it approaches its freezing point. As the liquid gets colder and expands, the freeze plug allows it to____. - correct answer ✅Drain. Which of the following is NOT a typically implemented control for reverting a materials-handling accident? - correct answer ✅Creating linear, narrow passageways or lanes for movement of materials outside of work areas.
Which of the following is NOT considered a primary objective of workers' compensation laws? - correct answer ✅To institute appropriate accident investigation protocols in order to determine individual culpability. A "leading indicator" is best defined as which of the following? - correct answer ✅An objective measure that is used to assess proactive actions taken to improve organizational performance. In regard to soil or other earthen material, the "angel or repose" is best defined as: - correct answer ✅The natural angle that soil forms when it is piled up or when it collapses. What is the "range" of the following set of values: 12, 3,19,8,37,5,26,44,19? - correct answer ✅ 41 What is the most appropriate response for a significant "near miss" that occurs on a worksite? - correct answer ✅Responding to it as if it were an injury incident, by completing a root-cause analysis and developing action plans to prevent potential recurrences.
Routinely scheduled inspections are an integral part of an effective occupational health and safety system. As such, the frequency of inspections must be aligned with___posed by an operation, in conjunction with___. - correct answer ✅Degree of risk/regulatory requirements Which of the following would NOT typically regarded as a safeguard against machine and tool accidents? - correct answer ✅Administrative or procedural upgrades to deficient work process. Which of the following would NOT be considered a "noneconomic" cost associated with an occupational injury? - correct answer ✅Administrative or procedural upgrades to deficient work processes. Statistical "variance" provides quantitative information about the degree to which a set of data values is spread apart, and also conveys how close an individual value is to the average relative to the other values in the set. "Variance" is thus calculated as which of the following? - correct answer ✅(Standard Deviation) Which of the following is true regarding environmental hazards? - correct answer ✅A. Effects often cannot be observed directly
B. Effects are generally cumulative and typically only appear over time C. Radiation can be an environmental hazard D. All of the above D. All of the above Which of the following is NOT a typical mode or type of respiratory protection used in the workplace? - correct answer ✅Free-Oxygen respirators Which of the following should NOT be deemed as a relevant factor when evaluating potential chemical hazards? - correct answer ✅Diatomic gases can be more dangerous and volatile than mono atomic gases, since they exist at twice the concentration level of the latter. Which of the following is true of personal protective equipment (PPE)? - correct answer ✅PPE should never be seen or used as a primary means for controlling hazards.
Which of the following is NOT a typical route through which a hazardous substance can enter the body? - correct answer ✅Diffusion Which of the following substances would be appropriate for extinguishing a fire caused by flammable liquids? - correct answer ✅Halon The domain of "worksite sanitation" does NOT typically include which of the following: - correct answer ✅Garbage disposal Which of the following is NOT considered a "repetitive strain injury"? - correct answer ✅Stenosis Which of the following is NOT considered an accurate statement regarding the use of man lifts? - correct answer ✅An operator or user should avoid using a man lift if they suffer from Reynaud's syndrome. When developing a maintenance checklist, which of the following should be consulted most heavily in determining what items need to be checked and at what frequency? - correct answer ✅Manufacturer specifications and product literature
Which of the following is NOT typically employed for controlling exposures to chemical hazards? - correct answer ✅Toxicity reports Which of the following is true for "relief valves"? - correct answer ✅They close automatically when system pressure returns to normal Which of the following is NOT a typical hazard associated with the use hand vehicles such as dollies, cards, wheelbarrows, and hand trucks? - correct answer ✅Skill of the worker A "lagging" indicator is best defined or exemplified by which of the following? - correct answer ✅A metric or occurrence that has transpired after a workplace injury has occurred. Which of the following is true of hand-tool safeguarding? - correct answer ✅Bent handles on various hand tools can help prevent tissue compression disorders.
Which of the following is NOT a typically employed safety measure associated with ladder use? - correct answer ✅Placing ladders far enough from a wall so that toes can be comfortably emplaned on the rungs. Which of the following is generally true regarding the use of hearing- protection PPE? - correct answer ✅Muffs are typically more effective against hearing loss than earplugs. Which of the following is NOT a type of ionizing radiation? - correct answer ✅Microwaves Which of the following is NOT a typically employed safety measure associated with scaffold use? - correct answer ✅Using safety belts or lanyards when working on scaffolding at a height of 15 or more above ground level. Which of the following actions is considered beneficial to reducing the risk of tripping hazards? - correct answer ✅Avoiding changes in elevation that consist of one or two steps
At a construction site, which of the following ionizing radiation sources cold a worker most likely be exposed to? - correct answer ✅Radium and radon within earthen materials To effectively follow up on and correct audit findings, subject items should be appropriately organized into which of the following categorization groupings? - correct answer ✅Nonconformance - area of concern - opportunities for improvement. The purpose of tracking incidents and collecting data is to use that data as a ___ tool that provides feedback on performance and resultantly guides active response. - correct answer ✅Continuous - improvement A well-stocked first-aid kit would ordinarily NOT include the following: - correct answer ✅Syringes Which of the following is NOT an accurate categorization for explosives, as per U.S. Department of Transportation regulations? - correct answer ✅Class "D" - includes fireworks and other minimally hazardous explosives.
According the the "human Factors Theory of Accidents Causation," accidents are primarily caused by human error resulting from which of the following groupings? - correct answer ✅Overload - inappropriate response - inappropriate activities Besides keeping body parts and clothing away from hazardous machine components, what is the other PRIMARY function of machine guard? - correct answer ✅To prevent flying debris from striking people Any safety program (s) that reduce (s) _____ accidents accidents will likewise reduce workers' compensation claims. - correct answer ✅The regency and severity of Risk is best defined as the multiplicative product of which of the followings?